"This compilation of examples that spans 500 years of history and includes both the famous and the lesser known gives readers a more in-depth, personal understanding of how the inescapable existence of diversity in Russia and the Soviet Union related to everyday life, as well as influenced nationalities, policies, cultural construction, institutions, identity, and leadership. ... Highly recommended."

"This compilation of examples that spans 500 years of history and includes both the famous and the lesser known gives readers a more in-depth, personal understanding of how the inescapable existence of diversity in Russia and the Soviet Union related to everyday life, as well as influenced nationalities, policies, cultural construction, institutions, identity, and leadership. ... Highly recommended."